Workouts that burn 500 Calories

tawnyhacker

Hello everyone! I am trying to step my game up in the gym. Does anyone have any workouts that I can do that burn about 500 calories? I have been using the elliptical and treadmill (C25K) along with strength training but I am only burning about 300-350 calories on average. Any tips would be appreciated!

erickirb

Do the same workouts for a little longer, or at a higher intensity. Running is one of the best calorie burners.

brookeaarnold

spinning, running, turbo fire, any type of boot camp

akaiser1

Zumba is a great way to burn calories. For a one hour session I burn 600+ calories.

lilRicki

I do a 45 minute walk at lunch, that burns 270 some odd calories, and then I go to the gym at night and do elypticall and weights, that burns about 400 calories...

fastbelly

Calorie burn is different from person to person and mostly from male to female. The metabolism is different so a workout that for me say burns 500 calories for you can burn only 300. I'd sugest doing your research and exercising "in the zone" and finding out which routines will get you to that amount of calories. Record your average heart rate and if you can measure your VO2Max and you'll have a pretty accurate figure.

kim_mc

INSANITY Max Interval Plyo/Circuit
Turbo Fire- Fire 55EZ Class
These usually hit in the 450 range for me...I usually find that if I do hard cardio for about 45-60 min I will hit around 400+ calories burned!

lafriesen

An hour of Zumba burns 500-800 calories. I've been doing only Zumba 3 times a week and I've been getting excellent results in not only weight loss but in tightening up everywhere. The inches are melting off...

jagh09

Does your gym offer classes? Spinning, cardio kickboxing or step-n-tone aerobics are big calorie burners.

tarazena

How long are you working out for? Increase your resistance and your time. Ex- I do the elliptical on level 13 (out of 1-20) and go like crazy for 45 minutes- I can burn like 700-800 calories. I once did it for an hour and burned over a 1000 calories..it's not easy..but getting in shape isn't supposed to be. I guess the best answer is kick it up a notch..if you are only doing 30 minutes..it's going to be hard to get 500 calories- probably you would have to do 30 minutes of plyometrics etc.

Drunkadelic

Turbo Fire!! I burn about 600 calories a workout but they are about an hour long

innerfashionista

Rowing machine is my favorite. Talk about a workout!

Have you considered increasing the resistance/incline on the elliptical and treadmill? That should help burn more calories.

Just curious, but why the magic number 500? To burn 3500 calories a week? Make sure you're switching up your workouts or your body'll figure you out :P

JRena225

Calorie burn is different from person to person and mostly from male to female. The metabolism is different so a workout that for me say burns 500 calories for you can burn only 300. I'd sugest doing your research and exercising "in the zone" and finding out which routines will get you to that amount of calories. Record your average heart rate and if you can measure your VO2Max and you'll have a pretty accurate figure.

I agree...you may want to invest in a HRM if you don't have one so you can see how long it takes you to get "in the zone"...you may need to intensify your workouts!!

Jenni_84

I really need help on what I should be doing at home to burn those calories and to tone up mt body and loos weight? PLEASE HELP:noway:

angelaclev

i do the treadmill and ellptical also... but I do the c25k program twice and then walk on the treadmill for 20 min. and in between the c25k programs I do the eliptical... an strength training between each cardio.

AmberM6912

does your gym offer classes? I do kickboxing and zumba and usually burn between 500-700 calories/hour. if you dont have a heart rate monitor, I totally recommend getting one because I definitely found that the machines can be off. Also, I recently started working out with my boyfriend and some other people and they set up a circuit with about 5-7 different stations, alternating cardio (ex. jump rope) with strength then abs. They do each station for 30 sec straight and then take a 30 sec break. It doesn't sound like a lot but after an hour of doing that I thought I was literally going to die. I burned about 750 calories that hour. whew!

ChitownFoodie

The amount of calories you burn depends on your size. I only burn 300-700 calories doing one of the Insanity exercises but a friend thats the same age and is also female but weighs 30 more pounds than me burns 400-800 calories.

Pseudocyber

tawnyhacker,

I'm running about 40 minutes and getting 500+ calories - running about 4.5-4mph.

I have an Android phone, a droidX and have an app from http://www.runkeeper.com - in which I enter my height/weight and it uses GPS to track my run and calculate calorie burn.

MelissaGull

I would stay on the machines a little longer.. In past wt loss journeys I would do the Eliptical for an hour, burning around 800+ cal.. Check your settings.. raise the incline or resistance to give that extra boost!!

Wangenstein

You don't mention if you're using the incline on the treadmill. It's a great way to add calories to your workout. I burn about 840 calories in an hour at 15% incline and 4.2 mph on mine.

ChantalGG

Running and Zumba are the crazy calorie burners.
Are you doing strength training though? Better to do strength for 10 to 30 minutes and then burn 150 to 300 with cardio.

bubba2008

ZUMBA is a great workout you can burn anywhere from 600-900 calories--This is great for anyone and those who have Arthritis should really concered this--keeps u on your toes ,and doesnt require any equipment--check out your local community education classes or your nearest gym--

FAVORED1

Spin and interval training on the treadmill or outdoors.

datzun

Do the same workouts for a little longer, or at a higher intensity. Running is one of the best calorie burners.

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thurberj

I agree with the Zumba folks....I burn 550-600 in an hour and that includes warm up and cool down/stretching. It's loads of fun too!

EdensMummy

Kickboxing is an incredible workout...I burn usually between 500 - 700 cals in an hour.

Homer3D

I went jogging last night. 3.1 miles (5k) and my heart rate monitor said I burned 440 calories. I guess if I jogged maybe another half a mile I would have hit 500 calories.

VeganGal84

I usually burn about 100 calories for every ten minutes of high-intensity cardio exercise (pretty much anything after my warm-up on the cardio machines, or just running outside) so for me, 50 minutes at high intensity will be a 500 calorie burning workout.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

Group fitness classes are the bomb! I burn well over 500 calories when I go all out in a step class. Really your burn is going to depend on your intensity, but I find it easier to up my intensity in a group fit environment.

faithfitnessandnutrition

OP, are you using a heart rate monitor, if you are going by the machines you may actually be burning more or less .. your best gauge is to have a HR monitor with your personal information and have it on continuous read to get an accurate reading of what you are burning; if you are already doing that, then believe it or not the Firm dvd's especially some of the old ones and some of the newer ones helps burn tons of calories (at least for me) because they use compound exercises throughout their 45-60 min workouts, or Jillian Michaels workout s. I also do kickboxing and run (using a HR monitor) and can burn anywhere from 600 to 1125 calories depending on the length and intensity of my workout.

healthyjen342

Do the same workouts for a little longer, or at a higher intensity. Running is one of the best calorie burners.

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